NEW MUTANTS #10
Recap
As more New Mutants (and cohorts) arrive to help in the growing threat in Canelia, the Prime Minister takes it to Prime Time and ensures the finger of blame is pointed squarely at them. But just as they come up with a plan to deal with the out of control mutant, things take a turn for the worst.
Review
Ed Brisson again gets to the heart of what a good New Mutants book is about. The messy and all too chaotic way in which the teen X-Men have always taken life by the scruff of the neck and ignored their training and the rules in order to deliver their own brand of action. From the moment Wildside rips into the New Mutants with sly digs and Mirage compares Doug to Cable it was clear we were in for some self effacing humor. Then when the Poltergeist reference was made in terms of Dani’s plan I knew things were going to go ‘hinky’ as Wildside notes. I must confess to being a little confused as to what Wildside can bring to the table in this mash up team. Even going over the plan it was a bit vague as to what he could do to ‘disrupt her nightmares and induce more pleasant dreams’ that Rahne can’t handle. I mean he’s basically a bargain basement Wolverine as the others said. But it did allow for the deeper question of heroes now rubbing shoulders with former villains against a common enemy, as Doug addresses the fact they all have to work alongside old enemies, which had me agreeing with him.
Final Thoughts
Though the light hearted banter between team mates masked the lack of any true action, that hadn’t already been covered last issue, I still felt this was a valid issue and gave some insight into the growing chemistry between this rag tag team. With art suited to the story and cover mirroring it all perfectly.
New Mutants #10: Go Towards The Light Comedy
- Writing - 7.5/107.5/10
- Storyline - 6/106/10
- Art - 8/108/10
- Color - 8/108/10
- Cover Art - 8/108/10